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The Foundation Remembrance, Responsibility and Future (EVZ); the Ted Arison Family Foundation (TAFF) and Humanity in Action convened in Israel for the second Comparative Social Cohesion Forum in February. The first forum found these groups coming together in Berlin in the summer of 2017.

The subject "Between cohesion and social coercion" proved a rich and relevant field for multiple… Read more

Our next Tech & Society webinar aims to help the Humanity in Action community learn more about the government technology space, and the potential for technology to improve the way government delivers important services. Please join us on April 24th at 12pm for this interesting discussion.

April 16, 2019 – Two years ago, Humanity in Action teamed up with Brooklyn-based paper-cut and stop-motion animation artist, Andrew Benincasa, to create an animated film on the theme of reality in the context of Humanity in Action's mission. The film explores the pressures on reality, community and active citizenship in a time of increasing social and political discord. "Make… Read more

The 2018 Senior Fellow Giving Campaign in the US finished over a week ago but we still can’t believe its immense success. On the past Giving Tuesday, we hoped to raise $20,000 for the Senior Fellow programming in 2019. Donations and sincere support came pouring from different places of the globe, oftentimes coupled with a warm memory, a Fellowship insider joke, or just words of… Read more

Humanity in Action would like to introduce you to the 2019 Humanity in Action Pat-Cox Fellows.

Our Pat-Cox Fellows spend four days a week in the office of a Member of the European Parliament (MEP) or a Brussels-based NGO, and one Humanity in Action-themed day with lectures and site visits. The Fellowship was founded in 2005 and has…Read more

Humanity in Action is pleased to share a 32 minute video of an hour-long, exciting conversation with the reknowned Chinese artist Ai Weiwei in Berlin in June 2018. He met with Humanity in Action Founder and Executive Director Judith S. Goldstein to discuss the role of art and organizations like Humanity in Action in upholding civil democracies and humanity in our current, turbulent… Read more

According to the recent census of Poland’s Bureau of Statistics, there are currently eight thousand Jews living in Poland. Although 90% of Poles have never met any Jew, 75% of the Poles express anti-Jewish sentiments. In the context of “anti-Semitism without Jews”, how can we teach children and teenagers about the dangers of discrimination and hate speech?… Read more

Humanity in Action would like to introduce you to the 2018 Professional Fellowships Recipients. These four Senior Fellows are working or have recently completed their Professional Fellowships with the ACLU of Ohio, the ACLU of Georgia, the Bertlesmann Foundation of North America and the Bailey-Boushay House in advancing important causes… Read more